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The way it’s laid out now, restaurateur Russ Ware says, Downtown Colorado Springs feels “a little one-dimensional.”

Hibbard & Company Department Store While it now houses a Chipotle restaurant and offices, this building at 17 S. Tejon St. was the last of the downtown department stores. Established in 1892, Hibbard & Company replaced its original building with this four-story structure in 1914. The department store ended its 104-year run in 1996. The department store featured wooden floors, bright display cases, a hand-operated elevator, and pneumatic tubes for sending money to a central cashier upstairs. Dou...